By Jeremy Beck
The problem for the Democratic Party, in Leonhardt’s view, is that while corporations often push for higher immigration in order to lower wages, immigration expansionist advocates take a moralistic view that’s devoid of nuance: “The advocates’ position, in essence, was: More is good, and less is racist. Voters disagreed, and they rebelled.”
By Jeremy Beck
“If you allow 20 million people to compete with American citizens for the cost of homes, you are going to have a large and, frankly, completely preventable spike in the demand for housing. And that is what we, of course, have seen. Because while we made it a little bit hard to build homes in this country over the last four years, we’ve also, unfortunately, made it way too easy for people to compete against American citizens for the precious homes that are in our country to begin with.”
By Jeremy Beck
The final reckoning of the Biden Administration’s immigration and enforcement policies has yet to come, but the 2021-2025 era was clearly historic. Biden’s border crisis is over, but the fallout will be with us for years.
By Jeremy Beck
At the current rate of deportations, the government would need two dozen years to clear the 2021-2025 border crisis. The best way to boost enforcement is to take away people’s ability to work illegally.
By Jeremy Beck
In January this year, monthly border encounters fell below one hundred thousand for the first time since January, 2021 (exactly four years ago).
By Jeremy Beck
In his article for UnHeard, “The progressive case for Trump’s deportations,” Juan David Rojas says Democrats should follow the advice of the late Democratic icon Barbara Jordan, who said “For the [immigration] system to be credible, people actually have to be deported at the end of the process”. But Rojas also offers another approach that is necessary … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
The 287(g) program allows state and local police to identify illegal aliens during the course of their daily duties. 287(g) gets its name from Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act that designates that authority. Congress added Section 287(g) as part of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act in 1996. The program was mostly unused until … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
According to a new Center for Immigration Studies analysis of the January 2025 household survey, released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics: “The long-term increase in men not in the labor force is linked to profound social problems,” writes Dr. Steven A. Camarota, “such as crime and overdose deaths. Addressing this deterioration is challenging, but … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
On February 7, 2025, Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina revealed the Senate’s FY2025 Budget Resolution that previews the immigration provisions we might see in the upcoming “Reconciliation” process to pass budget-related reforms. Reconciliation gives the House a chance to put together a package that can pass through the Senate with a simple majority (as … Continued
